PaperWorkers Local

Sunday, July 2, 2017

Mimi is a Master Gardener with a deep interest in nature. Many of Mimi's subjects are botanically-inspired (she loves trees).

Mimi began her career as an artist working in fused glass and has shown her work at many venues including Magic City Art Connection and the Alabama Craftsman show at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Works in this show have been created via a variety of print processes including woodblocks, intaglio, photo-intaglio, and monoprint; combining and experimenting freely. Her attitude is inventive.

Mimi is a founding member of Paperworkers Local and has really been the main force behind our group. While every member of our group makes a big contribution of time and energy, we wouldn’t be here today without Mimi. As a group we have watched the evolution of her work over the last four years and we are very excited to exhibit these new works.

Mimi Boston’s show opens August 3 from 5-7pm at 2717 Seventh Ave South.

Friday, June 16, 2017

CARBORUNDUM COLLOGRAPHS

with Mike Marks

Carborundum printing is an exciting form of collagraph where highly textured plates are made using carborundum grit (finely ground metal particles). This process lends itself to approaching print with a painterly perspective, the allowance of collage processes, and combining plates in unique and possibly collaborative ways. In this workshop, students will explore mark-making techniques and surface development, approaches to inking, and pulling finished prints. Come embrace this playful form of printmaking for a new experience or to add to your repertoire!

Mike Marks is an artist and printmaker: he holds a BFA in Drawing from the Cleveland Institute of Art, and an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Delaware. A new resident to Minnesota, he moved here from Portland, Maine where he was Director of Intaglio at Pickwick Independent Press. He has taught workshops at various art centers across the country, including the Haystack Mountain School of Craft in Deer Isle, ME.September 16 & 17, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Enrollment is limited to 7 studentsTuition is $75Please send questions to Mimi at PaperWorkersLocal@gmail.com

INTRO TO SOLARPLATE ETCHING

with John DeMotte
​This workshop will introduce techniques used to make photographic and drawn images on a photo-sensitive polymer plate. Attendees will learn how to create a positive transparency image from both a photo file and from a drawing that will be used to make a Solarplate intaglio plate. This process is both relatively easy and non-toxic.

Supplies and a handout will be included but you must bring at least 1 digital photo image file on a thumb drive. If you have a laptop with photoshop or iphoto that would be helpful as well. Lunch will not be provided but we will take a break and go to one of the area eating establishments.

September 23, 2017, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.Enrollment is limited to 7 students Tuition is $75.00Please send questions to Mimi at PaperWorkersLocal@gmail.com

Moku Hanga with Richard Stockham

This workshop introduces the materials and methods of Japanese style woodblock printmaking.

June 24, June 25, July 15, and July 16 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm each day.

Thursday, May 18, 2017

PWL are hostin our first juried exhibition in partnership with UAB's Department of Art and grant support from the Alabama Council on the Arts. We are very excited to announce that our juror for this show is amazing printmaker and UAH professor of art Katie Baldwin!

The goal of Ink Only is to create awareness and educate the public about the many various methods explored in printmaking. The exhibition is open to all forms of original printmaking including traditional, digital, and experimental processes.

Established and emerging artists 18 and over currently living in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee are invited to enter.

PRIZES

First Prize: $300 plus Solo Show at Paperworkers Local in the following 12 months.

Second Prize: $150

Third Prize: $75

JUROR

Katie Baldwin, Assistant Professor of Art, Printmaking, The University of Alabama at Huntsville.

Katie Baldwin is a printmaker and book artist who has traveled internationally as an artist in residence. She was one of seven international artists selected in 2004 to learn traditional Japanese woodblock printing (mokuhanga) from master carvers and printers at the Nagasawa Residency on Awaji Island, Japan. Under Queen Anne’s Revenge Press, Baldwin produces artist’s books and woodblock prints. She has exhibited extensively, including Geida University in Tokyo, Japan and the Print Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her work can be found in many collections including the Library of Congress in Washington DC. She has received grant funding through several organizations, including the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts. Baldwin received her MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She served as the Victor Hammer Fellow at Wells College from 2011-2013. You can learn more about our Katie and her work at KatieAmeliaBaldwin.com.

SPONSOR & PARTNERS

Ink Only is sponsored by Paperworkers Local, a 501(c)(3) non-profit artists’ co-operative based around a printmaking facility in Birmingham, Alabama, in partnership with the UAB Department of Art and Art History, and with generous grant support from the Alabama Council on the Arts (www.arts.state.al.us/)

The members of PaperWorkers Local have pooled their resources to establish Birmingham’s first printmaking studio. The co-operative also exhibits the work of local artists and emerging artist from around the country, as well as offering workshops in various media. More information can be found at PaperWorkersLocal.com or visit us at 2717 Seventh Avenue South, Birmingham, Al 35233.

The exhibition will be held at the UAB Department of Art and Art History (www.uab.edu/art) PROJECT SPACE, an adaptive space that cultivates and supports meaningful creative investigation, interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship by providing an alternative platform for UAB Department of Art and Art History students, faculty and community to engage teaching, research, public service, and visual art practices. More Information about UAB’s Project Space can be found at: www.uab.edu/cas/art/about/project-space

THE EXHIBITION

Opening Reception and Award Presentation August 25th 2017 at 5:00 to 7:00 PM.

August 25th-September 16th, 2017 in the UAB Department of Art’s Project Space located at 900 13th Street South in the UAB Humanities Building, Room 100 (on the east side of the building, facing 13th Street South)

Entries accepted for Exhibit must be submitted and reclaimed at the close of the Exhibit at the expense of the artist. Work may be dropped off and picked up in person at designated times or will be shipped back to the artist, return postage must be provided.

Works not received by the deadline will not be exhibited. Works must be framed, under plexi (no glass) and be ready to hang with D-ring or wire (no sawtooth hangers). All work must remain in the exhibition for the entire duration. All work must be clearly labeled on the back. Works exhibited for Ink Only will not be insured. All reasonable care will be taken; UAB and Paperworkers Local accept no responsibility for any loss or damage to artworks.

Images of any accepted work may be used for promotional purposes or documentation of this and future juried exhibitions.

Prices for any work offered for sale or Not For Sale (N.F.S.) must be indicated on the Entry form. There will be a 20% commission on the sale of any work payable to PaperWorkers Local, the non-profit sponsor.

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for Entry submissionJune 15, 2017

Notification of AcceptanceJuly 15, 2017

Work DueAugust 14– 18, 2017

Exhibit Opening and Award Presentation August 25, 2017 5:00 - 7:00 PM

Exhibit DatesAugust 25 – September 16, 2017

Pick Up WorkSeptember 16 after closingSeptember 18 from 9-5pm

CONTACT

If you have questions, please send an email to PaperWorkersLocal@gmail.com, attention: John DeMotte.

Friday, January 27, 2017

Small books are easy to make and customize. Fill them with lists, wished, drawings and stories or give them as gifts.

We'll complete four different types of accordion-fold books with and without covers, a small wrap-bound book with folding cover, a stitched pamphlet, and a stab bound side opening book with stiff cover.

Tamara Moan is a visiting teaching artist from Hawaii. She has taught at the Honolulu Museum of Art School since 2001 and conducts classes occasionally on the mainland U.S. She works as a painter and printmaker, showing her work regularly in juried exhibitions. Find out more about her work at TamaraMoan.com.

The workshop meets March 11th from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The cost is $75. You may pay via the PayPal button below or make alternative arrangements via email to Mimi at PaperWorkersLocal@gmail.com.

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

"Snow Days" presents a sampler of works by Lane Cooper an Alabama native now based in Cleveland, Ohio. Included in the exhibition will be a number of drawings, paintings and a few experimental pieces made in anticipation of this exhibition.

An alum of three Alabama schools: The University of North Alabama, The University of Alabama and the Universtiy of Alabama Birmingham, Ms. Cooper has a long history as an artist working in Alabama particularly in Birmingham. This exhbition marks a homecoming of sorts for the artist as it is her first exhibition in the state in many years.

"Snow Days" opens on Friday February 17 from 5:30 to 8:30. PaperWorkers Local is at 3815 Clairmont Avenue, 35222 in Birmingham's Forest Park neighborhood. PaperWorkers Local has an exhibition opening to coincide with every Third Friday in Forest Park.

In addition restaurants will have specials, wine tastings etc. Shops and galleries will be open late, catch the shows you may miss during the day, shop for gifts while enjoying a refreshment. Enjoy the social scene of Forest Park after hours. Find out what else is going on for Third Friday here:

Monday, January 23, 2017

This basic workshop introduces plate preparation, coating plates with a ground, working into a ground to create line and value, etching as well as printing. Students will learn to prepare their plates, coat them with a ground, etch and print them.

Etching has been an important technique since the 16th century and was made famous by artists like Goya, Rembrandt and Turner. This workshop is open to those who are just beginning or those who want to learn less toxic methods of etching.

Michael Merry will be leading this workshop. He earned his MFA from the University of Delaware and teaches at both the University of Alabama and Snead State Community College. He is a founding member of PaperWorkers Local.

The workshop will meet on February 8 & 15 from 5:00 to 8:30.

The workshop is $75 for non-members and $25 for co-op members. You may prepay at the following link or make alternative arrangements by sending an email to PaperWorkersLocal@gmail.com.

Friday, January 20, 2017

Mr. Stockham works primarily as a woodblock printmaker and occasionally works in other print mediums. His prints are personal visual narratives, windows into floating worlds, framed to lead the viewer to consider not only what is happening at the moment presented but also what follows. Mr. Stockham has long been attracted to Japanese prints, especially those of the "floating world" (ukiyo-e) for the way they engage the exotic with the familiar and engage the sophisticated with the naive.

​In 2000 he began studying Japanese style color woodblock printmaking at a school on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Though they offer a moment in time, Japanese prints are time consuming to make. The image is broken down into its component colors and shapes, then a separate woodblock is carved for each color, while allowing overlapping colors. Each block is inked and pressed onto the paper to make the final image. The complete image is perceived by the eye and then a recognition of the color layers unfold. Mr Stockham has practiced trial law in Birmingham for 30 years and has now established a second career as a printmaker. PaperWorkers Local welcomes the public to this exhibition.

Opening Reception:January 20, 5:30 - 7:30 PM

PaperWorkers Local has an exhibition opening to coincide with every Third Friday in Forest Park.